jiggle
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əl
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to move or cause to move up and down or to and fro with a short jerky motion: to jiggle the door handle |
| —n | |
| 2. | a short jerky motion |
| [C19: frequentative of | |
| 'jiggly | |
| —adj | |
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Jiggle
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Example sentences
Shake, shimmy and jiggle until the mixture hardens to ice cream, usually about five minutes.
The dots jiggle oddly as the beaks cast about for you, and then hold steady when they have fixed on you.
Jiggle capsules open and approximate fractions for serial doses.
Turn down the heat after the weight starts to jiggle.
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